diff --git a/hack/config-go.sh b/hack/config-go.sh
index eb3ee198cba..3904f57ed3b 100644
--- a/hack/config-go.sh
+++ b/hack/config-go.sh
@@ -110,8 +110,11 @@ kube::setup_go_environment() {
   if [[ -n ${KUBE_EXTRA_GOPATH:-} ]]; then
     GOPATH=${GOPATH}:${KUBE_EXTRA_GOPATH}
   fi
-  # Set GOPATH to point to the tree maintained by `godep`.
-  GOPATH="${GOPATH}:${KUBE_REPO_ROOT}/Godeps/_workspace"
+  # Append the tree maintained by `godep` to the GOPATH unless KUBE_NO_GODEPS
+  # is defined.
+  if [[ -z ${KUBE_NO_GODEPS:-} ]]; then
+    GOPATH="${GOPATH}:${KUBE_REPO_ROOT}/Godeps/_workspace"
+  fi
   export GOPATH
 
   # Unset GOBIN in case it already exists in the current session.